A “Prebuttal” to O’Malley’s Groundhog Day Speech
February 2, 2010 by Cato
Filed under Fiscal Policy, Maryland, Maryland Politics, Taxes, Video
Today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley will deliver his annual “State of the State” speech. Brian Griffiths and Red Maryland have put together a “prebuttal” to O’Malley’s address:
Ironically, O’Malley has chosen to deliver his address on Groundhog Day. Griffiths draws an appropriate parallel between O’Malley and the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day. If you remember, the premise of the film is that Murray’s character lives the same day over, over, and over again.
Under O’Malley, Maryland citizens have endured the same things over, over, and over again. We have suffered the same:
- Excuses
- Calls for Tax Increases
- Calls for Expanded Government Services
While O’Malley is expected to call for a sweeping new jobs program. Yet, thousands of Marylanders lost their jobs because of O’Malley’s historic tax increases. Why should our fellow citizens be expected to pay for a problem caused (in part) by the very policies O’Malley has foisted on us during the last three years?
O’Malley is expected to call for a freeze on tax increases. IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR! Did we expect O’Malley to hit up the taxpayers again? Of course not. However, we should expect a litany of tax increases NEXT YEAR if O’Malley is re-elected. A vote for Martin O’Malley is almost surely a vote for:
- HIGHER Income Taxes
- HIGHER Sales Taxes
- HIGHER Gas Taxes
- HIGHER Alcohol Taxes
- HIGHER Cigarette Taxes
in 2011.
Griffiths is absolutely correct. Rather than a handout to the usual special interest group (unions, public employees, etc.), Maryland citizens deserve a hand up by allowing them to keep more of what they earn.
Griffiths may be shocked to find out that the Washington Post, of all publications is in agreement with him when it comes to education. Maryland parents and children deserve:
- School Choice
- Merit Pay
- An End to Teacher Tenure
What have we received from O’Malley and his liberal cronies? The same rhetoric – over, over, and over again. Griffiths is right. We deserve better. While Griffiths may be too young to remember, he asks the appropriate question from Ronald Reagan’s one and only debate with Jimmy Carter:
Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?
We should all ask that question and then demand LEADERSHIP:
- Leadership that takes responsibility
- Leadership that does the right thing
- Leadership that spends our money wisely
Griffiths is right. 2010 is TIME FOR A CHANGE!
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